Neural mechanisms underlying the reduction in behavioral variability during trial-and-error learning
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Neuroscience
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1662-453X
DOI: 10.3389/conf.fnins.2010.03.00097